starchild is not a hoax, the dna test says dna of the father unknown, non terrestrial origin.

the crystal skull still a mystery.

the horned skulls are not a hoax either. they were stolen.

and the elongated skulls are not a a not a hoax. they are found in many sites, from different places, peru and also akhenaton, faraoh of egypt.

]]>By: Vagn sorensenhttp://listverse.com/2012/02/26/top-10-skull-hoaxes/#comment-672005
Wed, 01 May 2013 02:38:00 +0000https://listverse.wordpress.com/?p=36802#comment-672005The elongated skull #3 is not a result of binding, I believe! You cannot increase the volume of the brain cavity through binding. This skulls brain cavity is much larger than normal and the skull has other unusual features .

I think you are confusing the binding that was popular in Egypt, in order to imitate this particular race of people!
One has to look beyond main stream, politically biased, science if truth is to be addressed!

]]>By: OpenMindhttp://listverse.com/2012/02/26/top-10-skull-hoaxes/#comment-671971
Wed, 01 May 2013 00:39:00 +0000https://listverse.wordpress.com/?p=36802#comment-671971The starchild skull (no. 10) is definitely not that of a child with hydrocephalus (or any other known congenital or acquired illness). The posterior suture line, unfused, is located in a somewhat concave (indented) region, incompatible with hydrocephalus. Its mItochondrial DNA (maternal origin only) is human. Recent studies with rando primers show that some of the remaining DNA contains sequences not found in any other species of earthly being. The plot thickens. Either the most elaborated hoax ever or evidence of human – alien contact. Stay tuned, and don’t dismiss this as a hoax just yet.
]]>By: Maria Whitehttp://listverse.com/2012/02/26/top-10-skull-hoaxes/#comment-663369
Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:48:00 +0000https://listverse.wordpress.com/?p=36802#comment-663369Ummm…. just to tell you, the crystal skulls have yet to be PROVEN as hoaxes, as they have documentation that proves they were discovered in South America with witnesses and others to say so…. but that can be faked… meh.
The most famous the Mitchel Hedges skull Is still unknown HOW they made it as modern technology can just barely make it by carving it with lasers then polishing it with various instruments. It would have taken years if not a decade or more to make it from the time it was discovered. So here is the question about that:

If it would take years, to make the Mitchel Hedges skull at the time of its discovery, why would they make it? Why not just come forward and say, “Look what I did, I’m a bleeding artist! NA NA NA NA!!” If it was a manufactured thusly, them coming out having made such a masterpiece would gain them world wide notoriety. Instead they claimed it to be found in a mayan village… excuse me? If I met someone with the ability to sculpt crystal to the point where it looks exactly like a human skull ((is it hollow inside the crainium… I don’t remember)) I would basically tell him he should be one of the worlds greatest artists. Yet NO ONE has come forward with the knowledge, and ability to HAND CRAFT the Mitchel Hedges Skull.
This was back in the 1920′s or so… so tell me, if modern technology can just BARELY make said skull as the skull is… how would Mitchel make the skull? I mean once more it would have taken YEARS if not a decade to carve it out, and polish the skull. Once more, if it had been fabricated, then it STILL is a mystery as how how he did it. Hand tools? Polishing months worth of time, sending light beams into the skull to make it so that the light pools into the eyes. Jewelers saws? That could cut down time.. but seriously, it would have taken years and MANY mistakes would have made… and since it was NEVER sold to a musem any argument about ‘for the money’ is invalid. Maybe they purchased it from someone else, but that person certainly would have the knowledge that instead of Hedges, they would sell it to a rich person for FAR FAR FAR more money then the Hedges could have had at the point of time. Like… millions.
I mean some of the skulls have been found as far back as the late 1800′s and a tv show back in the eighties claimed it was made back in the 1700′s. SO even if the maya didn’t make it, the fact that some on the skulls were made and hardly have evidence of modern tooling,((lady Hedges won’t let it be examined anymore)) and were made even in the 1700′s is a mystery. I mean if I made a human size skull out of a single block of clear quartz just for ‘sh**s and giggles’ I would have shown all my friends and told them I was a genius.

I’m not saying your wrong though, some have been crudely worked and could obviously be from people, but skulls like the Mitchel Hedges… man. Even if it was made by Hedges himself, I would seriously still praise the guys that did it. Because even if it is not a ‘holy’ artifact, it is still a damn good piece of artwork and sculpture. That is what I’m saying, so what if they are hoaxes, if they are they are DAMN good ones.

]]>By: zobbo the demon clownhttp://listverse.com/2012/02/26/top-10-skull-hoaxes/#comment-638333
Sat, 23 Feb 2013 19:57:00 +0000https://listverse.wordpress.com/?p=36802#comment-638333hydrocephaly does not misshape the….nevermind, your list sucks.
]]>By: gallowaygrumblefieldhttp://listverse.com/2012/02/26/top-10-skull-hoaxes/#comment-636761
Wed, 20 Feb 2013 02:39:00 +0000https://listverse.wordpress.com/?p=36802#comment-636761Interesting article. I wonder why some people decided to call a deformed human skull “Star Child”? Wishful thinking, I suppose, but that’s where the hoax comes in. I used to know a woman who believed in the crystal skulls, and we watched a movie with a silly woman pretending to communicate with it. Looking back, I am very embarrassed for my lady friend for believing in such foolishness. By the way, the name of the person who put forth the tale that the skull was alien rather than deformed was Lloyd Pye, not Lord Pye. http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4144
]]>By: BinaryStephttp://listverse.com/2012/02/26/top-10-skull-hoaxes/#comment-614579
Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:44:00 +0000https://listverse.wordpress.com/?p=36802#comment-614579Several of these aren’t hoaxes, such as the horned skulls. I’m not going to go crazy and say “OMG ALIENZ”, but it’s not the same as the deformities you heard of. Those aren’t as elaborate as some of the skulls found. Most of the “horns” in the deformity are bumps that aren’t even on the head most times. These are also larger than human skulls. I don’t know what they are, but I know what they aren’t. :/
]]>By: Cagelessbunnyhttp://listverse.com/2012/02/26/top-10-skull-hoaxes/#comment-614126
Sun, 30 Dec 2012 19:55:00 +0000https://listverse.wordpress.com/?p=36802#comment-614126stop advertising!
]]>By: Parvati75http://listverse.com/2012/02/26/top-10-skull-hoaxes/#comment-602396
Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:35:00 +0000https://listverse.wordpress.com/?p=36802#comment-602396Either you never did real research about the facts or you’re just a non-believer trying to make a point. However, I don’t want to discuss too long because i’m not so good in english but you definitely should make some more scientific research because it’s a shame that you don’t even know that elongated skulls from Egypt were a tradition in royal families. They tied up babies’ head in order to obtain this shape and we should ask us why this particularity was so important to them : because they wanted to be seen as gods. So geniune gods had this type of head ? Were they celestial beings ? Well, there is so many to say about everything that refers to ancient time and civilisations that i would stop here. Go check the internet a little bit more, particulary Sumerian civilization, Dogons, Abduction, DNA questions, Quantic Physics and Edgar Mitchell speeches. Just : open your mind and please stop spreading false facts.
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